#CACC53#CACC53

#CACC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.143 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CACC53
RGB	rgb(202, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -16.21, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 60.66, 105.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.049 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.143 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5127, 56.3680, 16.5592)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CACC53 #5553CC

analogous

#CC9253 #CACC53 #8ECC53

triadic

#CACC53 #53CACC #CC53CA

tetradic

#CACC53 #53CC92 #5553CC #CC538E

square

#CACC53 #53CC92 #5553CC #CC538E

split-complementary

#CACC53 #538ECC #9253CC

monochromatic

#7D7F26 #ACAE34 #CACC53 #D9DA82 #E7E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CACC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#CACC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CACC53

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CACC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CACC53	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cacc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.143 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddb88',
    500: '#cacc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cacc53;
$custom-light: #dddb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cacc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.992,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82046,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CACC53

secondary

#3E3D87

accent

#4ADE4D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CACC53

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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